Ring's Newest Doorbell Is Incredibly Powerful, but I Found Some AI Features Lacking

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7 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test Ring Battery Doorbell Pro (2026) $250 at Amazon Pros 4K resolution with 10x zoom

Improved, compact design

Advanced AI features unique to Ring like Alexa Greetings

Packed with every additional feature you could want

Can tweak every possible setting

First battery-powered doorbell capable of these advances Cons Package detection doesn't work well

Alexa Greetings need some improvement

There's a ton of settings to learn and enable/disable

At $250, it's one of the most expensive models, too

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